The current increase in fundraising activity is good news for placement agents. But intense competition for mandates and a sharpened focus on professional standards means a shakeout in the industry is likely to occur, writes Philip Borel.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Life is getting tougher for foreign GPs in South Korea, so Newbridge Capital has decided to make a donation.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Could the European private equity boom be coming to an end?
4 min read · 12 January 2013
GRAEME WHITE<br/>HEAD OF BARCLAYS PRIVATE EQUITY 2005-04-02 Staff Writer Graeme White, managing director and head of Barclays Private Equity, has died after an 11-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family at his London home on March 4th. He was 51 years
5 min read · 12 January 2013
ROSEY OUTLOOK 2005-04-02 Staff Writer Last month, Blackstone co-founder Stephen Schwarzman was given the Charlie Rose treatment. Rose is known to America because of The Charlie Rose Show, a high-brow, public television interview programme. Rose interviewed Schwarzman as part of a series of discussions aired
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The New York-based global private equity firm has said in a statement that it expects to be cleared of any wrongdoing over the disposal of its stake in LG Card Co.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
OPENED & CLOSED 2005-03-02 Staff Writer <strong>OPENED & CLOSED</strong><br> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="5">FUNDS OPENED</td> </tr> <tr> <td>FUND</td>
2 min read · 12 January 2013
John Muse and the rest of the Dallas leadership of Hicks Muse Tate & Furst say they have finetuned a ‘formula for success’, and it doesn't involve Europe, Latin America, high tech or Tom Hicks. David Snow reports.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Vincenzo Morelli returns to the fray as TPG's new European operations pointman.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Understanding the legal framework surrounding shareholder issues in private companies is crucial to buy-out practitioners. Here, in an extract from The UK LBO Manual, a recently-published guide to structuring buy-outs in the United Kingdom, Charlie Geffen, Head of Private Equity at international law firm Ashurst, outlines issues surrounding income, capital and voting rights.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
